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Brightspace Platform 10.6.1Release Notes

Brightspace Platform 10.6.1Contents

ContentsMay 2016/10.6.1 Release...........................................................................................................................7

Features.....................................................................................................................................................8

D2L Learning Environment..............................................................................................8Discussions - Automatic Rubric Score Transfer | New.......................................................................8

Discussions - Sum of post scores | New............................................................................................9

Language Management - Updated Language Term Defaults | Updated.........................................10

Microservices - Service enablement | Updated..............................................................................11

Quizzes - Quiz attempts override for individual learners | New......................................................12

Quizzes - Selected quiz answers highlighted | Updated..................................................................12

Fixed Issues..............................................................................................................................................16

Accessibility...................................................................................................................16PRB0051767....................................................................................................................................16

PRB0051769....................................................................................................................................16

PRB0051770....................................................................................................................................16

PRB0051771....................................................................................................................................16

PRB0051768....................................................................................................................................16

PRB0051760....................................................................................................................................17

PRB0051772....................................................................................................................................17

Awards...........................................................................................................................17PRB0051414....................................................................................................................................17

PRB0051082....................................................................................................................................17

PRB0051041....................................................................................................................................18

PRB0051294....................................................................................................................................18

PRB0050869....................................................................................................................................19

Assignments..................................................................................................................19PRB0044091....................................................................................................................................19

PRB0047070....................................................................................................................................20

PRB0050472....................................................................................................................................20

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PRB0050090....................................................................................................................................20

PRB0044142....................................................................................................................................21

Bulk Course Configuration.............................................................................................21PRB0051788....................................................................................................................................21

PRB0051670....................................................................................................................................21

PRB0051505....................................................................................................................................21

Calendar........................................................................................................................22PRB0048615....................................................................................................................................22

Competencies................................................................................................................22PRB0051567....................................................................................................................................22

Config Variable Browser................................................................................................22PRB0047393....................................................................................................................................22

Content..........................................................................................................................23PRB0047492....................................................................................................................................23

PRB0051435....................................................................................................................................23

PRB0051810....................................................................................................................................24

PRB0049657....................................................................................................................................24

Course Conversion.........................................................................................................25PRB0051397....................................................................................................................................25

Course Management......................................................................................................25PRB0044645....................................................................................................................................25

Data Purge.....................................................................................................................25PRB0051733....................................................................................................................................25

Discussions....................................................................................................................25PRB0051663....................................................................................................................................25

PRB0045053....................................................................................................................................26

PRB0051700....................................................................................................................................26

External Learning Tools.................................................................................................26PRB0049405....................................................................................................................................26

Grades...........................................................................................................................26PRB0049984....................................................................................................................................26

HTML Editor...................................................................................................................27PRB0051551....................................................................................................................................27

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Integrations...................................................................................................................27PRB0051127....................................................................................................................................27

PRB0051796....................................................................................................................................27

PRB0051303....................................................................................................................................27

PRB0051798....................................................................................................................................28

Language Management.................................................................................................28PRB0048771....................................................................................................................................28

PRB0051595....................................................................................................................................28

D2L Learning Repository...............................................................................................28PRB0045570....................................................................................................................................28

Navigation and Themes.................................................................................................29PRB0051861....................................................................................................................................29

Org Unit Editor...............................................................................................................29PRB0045247....................................................................................................................................29

Quizzes..........................................................................................................................30PRB0050817....................................................................................................................................30

User Progress.................................................................................................................30PRB0051374....................................................................................................................................30

PRB0048881....................................................................................................................................30

PRB0041989....................................................................................................................................31

Known Issues............................................................................................................................................32

Assignments..................................................................................................................32PRB0051629....................................................................................................................................32

Brightspace platform.....................................................................................................32PRB0051502....................................................................................................................................32

PRB0051820....................................................................................................................................33

Calendar........................................................................................................................33PRB0051484....................................................................................................................................33

Chat...............................................................................................................................33PRB0051846....................................................................................................................................33

Config Variable Browser................................................................................................34PRB0051785....................................................................................................................................34

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Content..........................................................................................................................35PRB0044796....................................................................................................................................35

PRB0050825....................................................................................................................................35

PRB0051492....................................................................................................................................36

PRB0051532....................................................................................................................................36

PRB0051819....................................................................................................................................36

Course Management......................................................................................................37PRB0051839....................................................................................................................................37

PRB0051840....................................................................................................................................37

D2L ePortfolio................................................................................................................38PRB0051494....................................................................................................................................38

Grades...........................................................................................................................38PRB0051705....................................................................................................................................38

PRB0051931....................................................................................................................................39

HTML Editor...................................................................................................................39PRB0051566....................................................................................................................................39

PRB0051608....................................................................................................................................40

PRB0051634....................................................................................................................................40

PRB0051640....................................................................................................................................41

PRB0051800....................................................................................................................................41

Integrations...................................................................................................................41PRB0051565....................................................................................................................................41

D2L Learning Repository...............................................................................................42PRB0051584....................................................................................................................................42

Quizzes..........................................................................................................................42PRB0051439....................................................................................................................................42

PRB0051621....................................................................................................................................43

PRB0051729....................................................................................................................................43

PRB0051778....................................................................................................................................43

Rubrics...........................................................................................................................44PRB0051696....................................................................................................................................44

Surveys..........................................................................................................................45PRB0051698....................................................................................................................................45

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User Management.........................................................................................................45PRB0047024....................................................................................................................................45

User Progress.................................................................................................................46PRB0051775....................................................................................................................................46

About D2L................................................................................................................................................47

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Brightspace Platform 10.6.1May 2016/10.6.1 Release

May 2016/10.6.1 ReleaseThe following release notes are for clients installing D2L Learning Environment 10.6.1 (May 2016).

To view the Fixed Issues and Known Issues Lists for 10.6.1, see the Fixed Issues and Known Issues sections in this document.

Additional Information:

Continuous Delivery Upgrade Paths (https://community.brightspace.com/resources/documentation/continuous_delivery/continuous_delivery_upgrade_paths)

Platform Requirements (https://community.brightspace.com/resources/documentation/platform_requirements/brightspaceplatformrequirements)

Valence Development Platform (http://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/about.html)

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FeaturesD2L Learning Environment

Discussions - Automatic Rubric Score Transfer | New

Automatic Rubric Score Transfer

A new feature has been added to the Discussions tool Topic Score Details dialog where the Overall Score of an associated rubric transfers automatically to the Topic Score. The transfer happens once the rubric has been filled in and at any time a change is made to the rubric's Overall Score.

Both analytic and holistic rubrics that have a numeric score transfer to the Topic Score. Text-based analytic or holistic rubrics do not transfer a score.

When multiple numeric rubrics are associated with the topic, the first numeric rubric on the Topic Score Details dialog box is selected as the Overall Score and is transferred to the Topic Score.

Overrides

The Topic Score Details dialog box now highlights when the Topic Score field has been overridden. The Topic Score field is considered overridden when the associated numeric rubric has an overall score and an instructor has manually changed the Topic Score. An instructor can select Clear Override if he wishes to return the Topic Score to the calculated score from the rubric.

Accessibility Improvements

Rubrics associated to discussion topics have been redesigned with improvements to the user experience for instructors using screen readers and keyboards for navigation.

This feature partially implements PIE ideas D1578 and D3080.

Global Change Organization Wide

Tool Change Workflow

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Impact of Change Technical Details Next Steps

Slight impact to instructors who will notice that the Overall Score transfers automatically to the Topic Score.

Instructors also have the option to override the manual change they made to the Topic Score.

Contact your administrator if you cannot access this functionality.

Slight impact to administrators due to the reliance on an existing config variable.

This features relies on the existing d2l.Tools.System.Features.GradingExperience config variable.

Ensure that this config variable is set to Assess with embedded rubrics in Discussions.

Instructors using screen readers and keyboards for navigation will notice improvements when navigating rubrics that are associated to discussion topics.

The associated rubric is non-functional for instructors using Safari on iOS in versions prior to iOS 9.3. If instructors choose to use Safari on an iPad, for example, they must upgrade iOS to 9.3.

Workarounds include:

Using Chrome on the iPad.

Opening the old version of the associated rubric, which can be accessed from the Assess Topic screen.

n/a

Discussions - Sum of post scores | NewThe Sum of post scores option has been added to the Select a calculation method drop-down list. This option sums up the discussion posts' scores for an entire topic. Instructors can use this option when setting up grading in Discussions.

Global Change Organization Wide

Tool Change Workflow

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Impact of Change Technical Details Next Steps

Slight impact to instructors who will notice another option to score a discussion topic based on learner participation.

n/a n/a

Language Management - Updated Language Term Defaults | UpdatedUsers can review and opt in to the following Language term updates in D2L Learning Environment 10.6.1:

News is changing to Announcements

Dropbox is changing to Assignments

Edit Course is changing to Course Admin

Pager is changing to Instant Messages

In Content, New is changing to Upload/Create

In Content, Add Existing Activities is changing to Existing Activities

The language updates initially no visible updates to D2L Learning Environment. Users can review and opt in to the changes using Language Management. To update the language terms and accept the new updates:

1. In Language Management, select the language pack, such as US English.

2. Do one of the following:

In the Custom Values Area, select the Terms with custom values radio button.

Search for specific terms, such as Pager.

3. In the resulting list, delete the values that appear in the Custom Value field.

4. Click Save.

Global Change Tool Change

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Moderate impact to administrators who have the option to opt in to the language term changes.

The 10.6.1 update preserves all existing custom overrides to the affected language terms.

If no custom overrides exist prior to the 10.6.1 update, all existing default language terms become custom overrides, and the base language pack is replaced with the new terms. For example, default language term for Announcements becomes the new custom override Announcements. After the administrator opts in to the changes, the new language term appears in the user interface.

The administrator can opt-in to some terms while retaining existing custom terms by searching and deleting the new custom overrides.

Microservices - Service enablement | UpdatedThe passing of instant notifications through Feed Service has been enabled when content overview is created or updated.

Workflow

Impact of Change Technical Details Next Steps

No impact to users. n/a n/a

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Quizzes - Quiz attempts override for individual learners | NewThis feature enables instructors to specify a different number of quiz attempts allowed for individual learners in the Special Access tab.

Configuration Variable Global Change

Organization Wide Tool Change

Workflow

Impact of Change Technical Details Next Steps

Slight impact to instructors who can now specify a different number of quiz attempts for individual learners.

This option is different from the default quiz attempts in the Assessment tab.

Contact your administrator if you cannot access this functionality.

Slight impact to administrators due to the reliance on an existing configuration variable, and on Quizzing and Special Access permissions.

This features is dependent on the d2l.Tools.Quizzing.AllowSpecialAccessForAttempts configuration variable, and on Quizzing and Special Access permissions.

Contact D2L Support to enable this configuration variable.

Quizzes - Selected quiz answers highlighted | UpdatedThis feature impacts how selected quiz answers display while learners are taking a quiz and while instructors are previewing quiz questions in Question Library. For Multiple Choice (MC), True/False (TF), and Multi-Select (MS) quiz questions, the entire area of the selected answer(s) is now highlighted blue. Other answers that users hover over are now highlighted gray to indicate that clicking anywhere within the highlighted area will change the selected answer.

This feature addresses PRB0050817.

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Figure 1: Quiz page with highlighted answers for three types of questions

Global Change Look and Feel

Users Only Tool Change

Impact of Change Technical Details Next Steps

Slight impact to learners due to change in how selected quiz answers display while taking a quiz.

If learners click anywhere in the highlighted area of a quiz answer that is not selected, it becomes selected. This changes the selected answer for MC and TF questions, and adds a selected answer for MS questions.

n/a

Slight impact to instructors due to change in how selected quiz answers display in Question Library.

When previewing quiz questions in Question Library, selected quiz answers are highlighted blue and quiz answers hovered over are highlighted gray.

n/a

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Fixed IssuesAccessibility

PRB0051767Previously, when you sent an email using the Compose Email screen, the To list was not read as an autocomplete list.

Now, when you send an email using the Compose Email screen, the To list reads as an autocomplete list.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.3.0.

PRB0051769Previously, the minibar and navbar areas were not wrapped by a banner landmark attribute.

The minibar and navbar areas are now wrapped by a banner landmark attribute and all content on most pages now falls under a landmark attribute. The minibar has also been assigned the toolbar role and the aria-label attribute to provide a richer user experience.

Found in Brightspace platform 10.3.0.

PRB0051770Previously, homepage widgets did not contain an aria-region landmark attribute and were not labeled.

Now, all homepage widgets contain an aria-region landmark attribute and are labeled as the widget attribute to provide a richer user experience.

Found in Brightspace platform 10.3.0.

PRB0051771Previously, some tools in D2L Learning Environment were missing aria landmark attributes when using browsers other than Firefox or Internet Explorer.

Now, aria landmark attributes appear for users on all supported browsers.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.3.0.

PRB0051768Previously, the Topic List side panel in Discussions did not have a role associated with it and it could not be identified as a region.

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Now, the Topic List side panel in Discussions is associated with the region role and an aria-label attribute so that it is identified as a region.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.3.0.

PRB0051760Previously, on the Manage Quizzes page, the View label was not accurately associated with the check box and label options.

Now, on the Manage Quizzes page, the View label is accurately associated with the By Availability or By Category options.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.3.0.

PRB0051772Previously, breadcrumb navigation regions in Content or Discussions did not contain an aria-label attribute.

Breadcrumb navigation regions in Content or Discussions now contain an aria-label attribute to provide a richer user experience.

Found in Brightspace platform 10.3.0.

Awards

PRB0051414In some cases, D2L Learning Environment did not alert the user when a new award template certificate was uploaded.

D2L Learning Environment now displays the name of the template in the template list.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.5.6.

To reproduce this fix:

1. In a course offering, open the Awards tool.

2. Click Course Awards > Add Award to Course.

3. Click Create Award, and select Certificate as the award type.

4. Enter the required information.

5. Click Upload new template and select PDF.

6. Click Open.

7. Observe that the template you created appears in the template list, as expected.

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PRB0051082In some cases, when you turned off a tool at the course level, it continued to appear as a link on the navbar.

The Awards link now respects the org level settings. The link appears as expected when it is turned on, and no longer appears when it is turned off.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.5.4.

To reproduce this fix:

1. Turn on Awards.

2. At the course level, add the Awards system link to the navbar.

3. At the course level, ensure that Awards is on.

4. Observe that the Awards link on the navbar works as expected.

5. At the course level, turn off Awards.

6. Observe that the Awards link no longer appears on the navbar.

PRB0051041In some cases, if you used Google Chrome to enter a credit value containing a decimal point, an error message appeared. However, you were able to enter the value.

Using Google Chrome to enter a credit value containing a decimal point no longer results in an error message.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.5.4.

To reproduce this fix:

1. Using Google Chrome, in D2L Learning Environment, click Awards.

2. Go to Course Awards and create a new award.

3. Click Edit Properties.

4. In the Credit field, enter a value in the Credit field that contains a decimal value, such as 13.75.

5. Observe that no error message appears when you type the decimal.

PRB0051294In some cases, if you removed the Can Manage My Own Badges and Can Manage My Own Certificates permissions for a user in Awards, the user could incorrectly see the link to Edit Award. If they clicked the link, an error occurred.

Users no longer see links to edit awards and certificates when they do not have the permissions to do so.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.5.4.

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To reproduce this fix:

1. In Roles and Permissions, ensure that the Can Manage My Own Badges and Can Manage My Own Certificates permissions are granted to an instructor role.

2. As that instructor role, in Awards, observe that the Edit Awards link appears under certificate and badge icons.

3. Click the Edit Awards link and observe that there is no error.

4. In Roles and Permissions, revoke the Can Manage My Own Badges and Can Manage My Own Certificates permissions for the same instructor role.

5. Observe that the Edit Awards link no longer appears under the certificate and badge icons.

PRB0050869In some cases, when a user with an instructor role had Personal Dashboard turned on, a spinning dial style of progress indicator icon appeared for Awards tasks, rather than the You have [x] setup tasks remaining style progress indicator.

In Personal Dashboard, the correct progress indicator now appears as expected.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.5.4.

To reproduce this fix:

1. In Admin Tools > Tools, turn on Personal Dashboard and Awards.

2. In Admin Tools > Organization Tools, turn on Personal Dashboard and Awards.

3. Enroll an instructor at both the course and org level.

4. Ensure the instructor role has permissions for Personal Dashboard at the tool and org level.

5. Impersonate the instructor and access Awards from a course.

6. Observe that the spinning progress icon does not appears.

Assignments

PRB0044091Previously, when you viewed the Completion Summary of an assignment submissions folder in the Content tool, instead of seeing only users who can be graded on the assignment submission, all users enrolled in the course appeared in the list, including inactive users and D2LSupport.

Now, users do not appear in the assignment submissions folder Completion Summary area if they are inactive or if their role does not have the role property set to display in Classlist.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.3.0.

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To reproduce this fix:

1. Within a course, in the Assignments tool, create a new assignment submissions folder.

2. In the Content tool, add the new assignment submissions folder to a module.

3. Access Classlist, and enroll a test learner into the course.

4. From the Admin Tools menu, click Users and search for the test learner.

5. From the drop-down list, click Deactivate.

6. In your course, click Classlist and verify the learner is no longer in the classlist.

7. In Content, click the assignments topic.

8. On the topic page, click the Completion Summary tab.

9. Observe that the inactive learner does not appear.

PRB0047070Previously, when you viewed rubric scores resulting in decimal numbers for assignment submissions folders, they did not display accurately.

Now, rubric scores resulting in decimal numbers display correctly for assignment submissions folders.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.3.0 SP9.

PRB0050472Previously, the Special Access page in the Assignments tool did not validate date ranges prior to saving a special access condition.

Now, the Special Access page in the Assignments tool validates date ranges prior to saving a special access condition.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.5.4.

To reproduce this fix:

1. Navigate to the Assignments tool.

2. Create an assignment submissions folder.

3. On the Special Access page, add a special access condition to the assignment submissions folder.

4. Set the End Date or Due Date to a date before the Start Date.

5. Click Save.

6. Observe that the special access condition is not saved.

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PRB0050090Previously, Turnitin assignments were not created if the Instruction field contained more than 1000 characters.

Now, the Instruction field is truncated to 999 characters and Turnitin assignments are created as expected.

Found in Brightspace platform 10.5.1.

To reproduce this fix:

1. Create a new assignment submissions folder.

2. Name the folder and in the Instructions field, add more than 1000 characters of content.

3. Click the Turnitin tab.

4. Select Enable Turnitin for this folder.

5. Observe that the Turnitin assignment is created.

PRB0044142Previously, when a Mac user zipped feedback files and uploaded them as assignment feedback using the Add Feedback Files option, an extra OSX file, with a file name that starts with an underscore, was automatically attached as feedback.

Now, when Mac users zip feedback files and upload them as assignment feedback, the extra OSX files with names that start with an underscore are not automatically attached as feedback.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.3.0.

Bulk Course Configuration

PRB0051788Previously, the Copy Course Components process allowed concurrent copy jobs from the same master course. This may have resulted in database deadlocks in various tools' copy logic during the copy course process.

Now, the Copy Course Components process does not allow concurrent copy jobs from the same master course.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.5.1.

PRB0051670Previously, after a course had been copied over, the View History link was missing on the Import/Export/Copy Components page.

Now, the View History link appears on the Import/Export/Copy Components page.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.5.7.

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PRB0051505Previously, when CSV files were processed through bulk import tools such as CCB, BCC, and BCE, and when these files contained offerings / org unit names with comma(s) in between them, the CSV parser split the value into two columns, even though they were encapsulated by "".

Now, the CSV parser processes files containing offerings / org unit names with commas as one column when they are encapsulated by "".

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.3.0.

Calendar

PRB0048615Previously, if learners did not have the Add/Remove Content role permission under Course Offerings in D2L Learning Environment, and they called the Calendar API, /d2l/api/le/1.4/6611/calendar/events/, they encountered a 403 error .

Now, the Calendar API no longer requires learners to have the Add/Remove Content role permission so they can access / read their calendar events as expected.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.4.0.

Competencies

PRB0051567Previously, when you tried to assess a learning objective in the Competencies tool and if that competency resided in a multi-tiered competency structure, you encountered a Page Not Found error.

Now, you can view and assess learning objectives in the Competencies tool as expected.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.3.0.

Config Variable Browser

PRB0047393Previously, if you set the configuration variable d2l.Tools.Notifications.User.Summary.Frequency to the default value of Never, daily notifications were created erroneously. Similarly, if you set the same configuration variable default value to Daily, notifications were set to Never.

An update has been made so that now the Config Variable Browser maps the correct default values for the d2l.Tools.Notifications.User.Summary.Frequency configuration variable. Administrators should check that the value set for this

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configuration variable is what they want the default value to be as they might want to change this configuration variable if they think it was set accurately before.

Found in Brightspace platform 10.3.0.

To reproduce this fix:

1. In the Config Variable Browser, search for the d2l.Tools.Notifications.User.Summary.Frequency configuration variable.

2. Set the Org Value to Never.

3. From the Admin Tools menu, click Users > Create New User.

4. Create a new user with a student-level role.

5. Once created, impersonate this user.

6. From the personal menu on the navbar, click Notifications.

7. Observe that the Summary of Activity is set to Never as expected.

Content

PRB0047492Previously, changes that you made to the description of external learning tool activities in the Content tool were saved but not displayed to users as expected.

Now, the descriptions of external learning tool activities can be set / updated in the Content tool and they appear to users in the Content tool only. If no content description is added, the description in External Learning Tools (if it exists) is displayed.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.3.0 SP8.

To reproduce this fix:

1. Navigate to a course in D2L Learning Environment.

2. Click Content.

3. From the Existing Activities drop-down list, select External Learning Tools.

4. Attempt to edit the name of the activity and activity description, then click another user module.

5. Return to the module containing the activity you just added.

6. Observe that the activity name and description has changed as expected.

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PRB0051435Previously, when you tried to embed the Science Stage video site using the New > Video or Audio option in the Content tool, you were directed to a domain is for sale page.

Now, the reference to Science Stage (www.sciencestage.com) has been removed from the list of supported video sites when using the New > Video or Audio option in the Content tool.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.5.5.

To reproduce this fix:

1. In D2L Learning Environment, click Content.

2. Select New > Video or Audio.

3. Click the What video sites can be embedded? link.

4. Observe that Science Stage - (www.sciencestage.com) is no longer a suggested video site.

PRB0051810In some situations, loading content may have caused issues with the database and temporarily affected site performance.

A database improvement has been implemented so these issues no longer occur.

This issue was fixed in a later build of D2L Learning Environment10.6.0.

PRB0049657Previously, when you attempted to reconnect a content topic to a file in Manage Files through the Change File option, you encountered an internal error.

Now, you can reconnect a content topic to a file in Manage Files through the Change File option without any errors.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.5.0.

To reproduce this fix:

1. Log in to D2L Learning Environment.

2. Create a topic that is associated to a file.

3. From Manage Files, delete the associated file.

4. Verify that the content displays the missing file icon.

5. Click on the content topic.

6. Observe that the No file error message is displayed and you are able to select another file.

7. From Manage Files, upload the same file you deleted.

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8. From the file's context menu, click Change File.

9. Select the file you uploaded in step #7.

10. Observe that the file is reconnected as expected.

Course Conversion

PRB0051397Previously, IMS CC packages failed to import into courses in D2L Learning Environment due to an unsupported version or invalid content.

Now, you can import IMS CC packages into courses in D2L Learning Environment as expected.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.5.6.

Course Management

PRB0044645Previously, you might have observed an internal error when performing a search in Manage Courses if there were many courses to query in the search criteria.

Now, if you perform a search in Manage Courses and it results in an error, subsequent visits to the page do not initiate the same (problematic) search on page load. Selected search filters and criteria are only saved after a successful result is returned.

Found in Brightspace platform 10.3.0.

Data Purge

PRB0051733Previously, when you restarted a stalled data purge job that contained at least one failed user or course, the data purge job would fail immediately without allowing the remaining items to be processed.

Now, when you restart a partially-completed data purge job that contains at least one failed org unit or user, the job continues to process as expected.

Found in Brightspace platform 10.5.4.

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Discussions

PRB0051663Previously, you may have noticed that the subject of unread discussion posts in the grid view did not appear in bold.

Now, the subject of unread discussion posts in the grid view appear in bold.

Found in D2L Learning Environment10.5.7.

PRB0045053Previously, if a user's role had no permissions set anywhere under User Information Privacy, the user could have still seen user information in Discussions when viewing the Last Post column. When a user viewed the discussion post itself the information was correctly not displayed.

Now, the Last Post by information posted on the Discussions List page is anonymized for users who do not have permission to see users' first or last names based on User Information Privacy settings.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.3.0.

PRB0051700Previously, when you searched within a discussion topic with drafts visible, the search results incorrectly returned the user's draft posts from other courses.

Now, when you search within a discussion topic with drafts visible, the search correctly returns results from the current course.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.3.0.

External Learning Tools

PRB0049405Previously, when a learner finished a quiz they accessed by an LTI link and clicked the Submit button twice, two grade items were created.

Now, it is no longer possible for any external learning tool activity type to have more than one grade item associated with it. For existing data where improper grade item associations existed, the association has been fixed to only point to one grade item but NO grade items have been removed. Note that some activities' grades might be spread across duplicate grade items. Instructors must reconcile the grades that appear in the gradebook (move grades over from the duplicate item) for cases that have multiple grade associations.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.4.12.

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Grades

PRB0049984Previously, it was possible to have duplicate grade item associations for one assignment folder or any other activity type.

Now, it is not possible for duplicate grade item associations to exist for one assignment folder or any other activity type. If you attempt to save a second association, an error occurs and only the first association is saved. Note that existing grades data, where assignment folders had duplicate grade item associations, is unchanged. This means that affected assignment folders might have grades for users that had been pushed to two separate grade items. This can be resolved manually by the affected instructor.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.3.0 SP4.

HTML Editor

PRB0051551Previously, when you tried to cut and paste tables from Microsoft Excel into the HTML Editor, the tables were pasted as plain text and the cell/table formatting was lost.

Now, when you cut and paste tables from MS Excel into the HTML Editor, table structure (rows and columns) is preserved.

Found in Brightspace platform 10.5.6.

Integrations

PRB0051127Previously, if you were in a time zone other than EST and you used IPSIS to send a CSV file to create a course that contains a start and end date, the start and end dates adjusted to EST.

Now, the organization's time zone is taken into account when processing course start and end dates in IPSIS.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.5.5.

PRB0051796Previously, within the Content tool, when you called the Bookmarks and Recent Topics API (GET /d2l/api/le/1.12/123059/content/bookmarks or /d2l/api/le/(version)/(orgUnitId)/content/recent), you encountered a 400 error.

Now, the Bookmarks and Recent Topics API returns the bookmarks and recently accessed topics within the Content tool as expected.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.6.0.

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PRB0051303Previously, the IPSIS replaceCourseSection process took too long to process the ReplaceCourseSectionReadHandler request.

Performance improvements have been made and now the IPSIS replaceCourseSection process does not take too long to process the ReplaceCourseSectionReadHandler request.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.3.0.

PRB0051798Previously, when you sent enrollment updates through IPSIS, and when you changed a cascading enrollment to a non-cascading enrollment, the roles were changed at the org level but the cascading enrollments were left intact in all child org units.

Now, when you send enrollment updates through IPSIS, and if a cascading enrollment is changed to a non-cascading enrollment, the role is successfully unenrolled from all child org units.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.5.7.

Language Management

PRB0048771In some cases, there was invalid formatting in the IPSIS configuration variables descriptions.

Now, some formatting issues are fixed in the IPSIS configuration variables descriptions.

Found in Brightspace platform 10.4.10.

PRB0051595Previously, the old group type with incorrect spelling: # of group of # - Self Enrollment was in the default UK and CAN English language packs and users could see it in the Groups tool.

The group type has been updated to # of Groups, Capacity of # - Self Enrolment in the default UK and CAN English language packs and users can see it in the Groups tool. Affected organizations can make this change in the Language Management tool.

Found in Brightspace platform 10.5.2.

D2L Learning Repository

PRB0045570Previously, when HTML topics were published to D2L Learning Repository and linked to in courses, ReadSpeaker did not load on the page.

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Now, when HTML topics are published to D2L Learning Repository and linked to in courses, the ReadSpeaker button appears and functions when viewing this content.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.3.0.

To reproduce this fix:

1. In D2L Learning Environment, create a test course and ensure that ReadSpeaker is configured and turned on.

2. In your test course, navigate to Content.

3. Create a new HTML file and click Save.

4. View the HTML file and ensure that the ReadSpeaker icon is present on the page.

5. Now publish the HTML file you created to the D2L Learning Repository.

6. In your test course, navigate to Content > New > Add Object from LOR, find the object you created, and import it as a dynamically linked object or a locked link.

7. View the page.

8. Observe that the ReadSpeaker icon is visible.

Navigation and Themes

PRB0051861In D2L Learning Environment 10.6.0, the order of the minibar icons from left to right was Update Alerts, Subscription Alerts, and then Message Alerts.

Now, the order of the minibar icons is restored to Message Alerts, Update Alerts, and then Subscription Alerts.

This issue was fixed in a later build of D2L Learning Environment10.6.0.

Org Unit Editor

PRB0045247Previously, when you attempted to remove a department from a template, the Org unit editor timed out. This timeout occurred when there were too many parent or child relationships to navigate before the timeout duration expired.

Now, you can remove a department from a template with many parent or child relationships and the Org unit editor does not time out.

Found in Brightspace platform 10.3.0.

To reproduce this fix:

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1. In the Org Unit Editor, search for a template that has two duplicate departments and many descendants.

2. Click the template and edit the Org Unit Properties.

3. Remove the duplicate department.

4. Observe that the duplicate department is removed and you do not encounter a timeout error.

Quizzes

PRB0050817Previously, you could inadvertently select answers for Multiple Choice (MC), True/False (TF), and Multi-Select (MS) quiz questions when you clicked outside of the radio buttons or text areas.

Now, the entire area of the selected answers is highlighted blue for MC, TF, and MS quiz questions. Other answers that the user hovers over are now highlighted gray to indicate that clicking anywhere within the highlighted area will change the selected answer.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.5.4.

To reproduce this fix:

1. Create a quiz in D2L Learning Environment.

2. Add a multiple choice, true/false, and multi-select question.

3. Preview the quiz.

4. Select an answer.

5. Observe that the entire area of the selected answer is highlighted blue.

6. Hover over the other answers.

7. Observe that other answers you hover over are highlighted in gray, indicating that clicking anywhere within the highlighted area will change the selected answer.

User Progress

PRB0051374Previously, if there were grade items within a grade category, the minimum and maximum possible final grade was not calculated accurately, and displayed incorrectly to learners in User Progress.

Now, User Progress features for viewing minimum and maximum possible final grade values are fixed for grade items within a grade category and display accurately to learners.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.5.5.

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PRB0048881Previously, the progress summary for a learner might not have been updated when a learner selected a course from their course list.

Now, when a learner selects a course from their course list, the progress summary for the selected course loads as expected.

Found in Brightspace platform 10.4.10.

To reproduce this fix:

1. Create two courses and add a content object to each course.

2. Add a learner to both courses.

3. Create a user with auditor permissions.

4. Add the learner to the auditor.

5. Access the Auditor widget and click Audit Users.

6. Click on the learner you added.

7. Select a content object for one of the courses.

8. Observe the content viewing information for that course.

9. Select another course from the list.

10. Observe that the summary progress for the selected course loads as expected.

PRB0041989Previously, the User Progress permission See User Progress For All Users was not available at the org level in D2L Learning Environment 10.1. Some org level tools still checked for this permission, including the User Management tool.

Now, the See User Progress for All Users permission is no longer not applicable at the org level. Enabling this permission for a role will give access to the Go to this user's > Progress context menu option from within the User Management tool.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.3.0.

To reproduce this fix:

1. In D2L Learning Environment, create a learner role and enable User Progress role properties and permissions.

2. Enroll the learner role into a course offering, then log in to create some User Progress data.

3. Log in as an administrator, who has the See User Progress permission at the course offering level, and the See User Progress for all Users permission at the org level.

4. As the administrator, navigate to User Management, locate the learner's name. Click the context menu > Go to this user's > User Progress.

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5. Observe that you can view the learner's progress as expected.

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Known IssuesD2L is committed to releasing high quality products that perform as expected. To keep you informed about the product issues most likely to impact your environment, the Known Issues List consists of newly discovered and commonly reported issues that can be consistently reproduced by D2L. For more information on when an issue was first reported, see the Found in statement in the issue description.

Assignments

PRB0051629If a user submits an assignment to an assignments submission folder and their role subsequently changes to one without permissions to submit to the folder, that user loses the ability to view submissions to the folder. The submitted file remains available for grading, but is not visible to the submitting user.

As a workaround, revert the user role back to one with permissions to submit to the folder and the ability to view and open the submission is restored.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.3.0 and 10.5.7.

To reproduce this issue:

1. Within a course, in the Assignments tool, create a new assignment submissions folder.

2. Log in as or impersonate a student, and submit an assignment to this assignment submissions folder.

3. Copy the user role and make a new role.

4. Remove the See and Submit Files to Assignment Submission Folders permission for the new role.

5. Change the user's role to the new role.

6. Log in as or impersonate the user again and return to view the assignments submission folder.

7. Observe that the list displays one submission. However, when you click the submission, nothing appears.

Brightspace Platform

PRB0051502In some cases, the configuration variable d2l.Region.PreferredLocale is set to a LocaleID which is disabled, deprecated or doesn't exist, resulting in language terms appearing incorrectly.

Found in Brightspace platform 10.3.0. and 10.5.5.

To reproduce this issue:

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1. Log in to D2L Learning Environment as an administrator.

2. From the Admin Tools menu, click Config Variable Browser.

3. Navigate to d2l.Region.PreferredLocale.

4. Set the default for your org to a LocaleID which doesn't exist.

5. Observe that incorrect language terms appear in Brightspace platform.

PRB0051820When uploading files from Microsoft OneDrive® to an assignment submissions folder in D2L Learning Environment, the upload source folder labels OneDrive as My Computer.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.5.0.

To reproduce this issue:

1. Log in to D2L Learning Environment as a learner that has the Microsoft Office 365™ integration configured.

2. Access Assignments and submit a file to an assignment submissions folder from Microsoft OneDrive.

3. Note the file upload source folder displays My Computer instead of OneDrive.

Calendar

PRB0051484Students with special access to an assignments submission folder with a start date in the future can see the folder's instructions from the Calendar tool before the start date has been reached.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.5.5.

To reproduce this issue:

1. In the Assignments tool, create a new assignments submission folder and set a future Start date and End date and ensure the instruction field has assignment information.

2. Enroll two learners in the course.

3. Give special access to one of the learners and again set the special access Start and End date in the future.

4. As the learner without special access, view the Calendar tool. Note that you can see the assignments submission folder entry but not the instructions.

5. As the learner who was granted special access, view the Calendar tool. Note that you can see the assignments submission folder entry as well as the instructions for it.

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Chat

PRB0051846Even if User Information Privacy permissions are set, the Chat tool displays users' full names. D2L recommends you do not enable this tool if usernames are considered private information for your organization.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.3.0.

To reproduce this issue:

1. Log in to D2L Learning Environment as an instructor and create a general chat.

2. Edit role permissions for a student role. Turn off all fields in User Information Privacy at the course level.

3. Impersonate some student users without User Information Privacy permissions and enter the general chat.

4. Notice that the list of participants displays actual usernames. The chat also displays actual usernames when entering, exiting, or submitting a chat.

Config Variable Browser

PRB0051785Role based configuration variables do not store the change history as expected.

Found in Brightspace platform 10.3.0 and 10.5.7.

To reproduce this issue:

1. In D2L Learning Environment, from the Admin Tools menu on the minibar, click Config Variable Browser.

2. Click Add Value for any of these variables:

d2l.3rdParty.Kaltura.KMCSSOUserId

d2l.Auth.Password.MaximumAgeByRole

d2l.Tools.ePortfolio.MaxPagesPerPresentation

d2l.Tools.ePortfolio.MaxStorageSpace

d2l.Tools.Locker.MaximumFilesize

d2l.Tools.Locker.MaximumTotalFilesize

d2l.Tools.Mail.Client.IMAP.Server

d2l.Tools.Mail.StorageSpace

d2l.Tools.MediaIntegration.FlickrSafeSearchLevel

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d2l.Tools.MediaIntegration.YouTubeSafeSearchLevel

d2l.Tools.WYSIWYG.AllowHTMLSourceEditing

3. Add a value and click Save.

4. Click View Change History. Note the change does not appear.

Content

PRB0044796Users with the View Files permission for Manage Files are able to save and edit files in the Shared Folder Area while adding content to a course. If one user modifies a shared content file that is used in multiple locations, the file is overwritten and the changes appear in all locations.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.3.0 SP5.

To reproduce this issue:

1. Log in to D2L Learning Environment and impersonate an instructor with the View Files permission.

2. In a course, access the Content tool and add a topic from the Shared Folder area.

3. Edit the topic by adding or removing content in the file.

4. Note that two options appear to save the changes:

Create a New File

Overwrite Existing file

5. Observe that both of the options overwrite the file in the Shared Folder area.

PRB0050825LOR-linked SCORM® packages in the Content tool do not display at the correct size in the Content Viewer.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.5.4.

To reproduce this issue:

1. Log in to D2L Learning Repository.

2. Upload a SCORM package to a repository.

3. Access D2L Learning Environment.

4. In a course, access the Content tool.

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5. In a new topic, click Create New Link > Add Object from LOR. Add the SCORM package from D2L Learning Repository.

6. Click the new link.

7. Observe that the content does not appear at full size in the Content Viewer.

PRB0051492When using Mozilla Firefox® or Microsoft Internet Explorer® browsers, keyboard navigation buttons do not work as expected when navigating content files in the Content tool Content Viewer. In multi-page files, pressing the Enter key moves the pages forward 2 pages, from 1-3, rather than 1-2.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.5.5.

To reproduce this issue:

1. Using the Mozilla Firefox browser, open D2L Learning Environment.

2. In the Content tool, upload a file with multiple pages to a topic.

3. Open the file and and tab to the Next button. Press Enter on your keyboard.

4. Observe that the page skips from page 1 to page 3.

PRB0051532Video files added to D2L Learning Repository as LOR objects do not play back in Microsoft Internet Explorer® 11 web browser when you link the LOR object to a content topic in a course.

As a workaround, use the Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox web browsers.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.3.0 SP17 and 10.5.6.

To reproduce this issue:

1. Log in to D2L Learning Environment using Microsoft Internet Explorer 11.

2. In a course, access the Content tool.

3. In a content topic, upload an mp4 video file from D2L Learning Repository.

4. Open the file. Observe that the video does not play back.

PRB0051819Apple iPad users who access a survey from Content, and do not answer all of the survey questions are presented with a mostly blank screen with navigation arrows upon submission of the survey. They must scroll up to view the incomplete questions warning message, which many users miss, resulting in incomplete surveys.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.5.0.

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To reproduce this issue:

1. In D2L Learning Environment, in the Content tool, create a topic linking to a survey in the Surveys tool.

2. On an iPad device, log in to the D2L Learning Environment as a learner.

3. Navigate to the course with the survey in Content.

4. Open the survey through the content topic link.

5. Complete at least one question, but not all of them.

6. Scroll to the bottom of the survey and select Submit.

7. Notice that the page appears blank and doesn't show the warning within the iPad frame. Scrolling up shows the navbar and warning.

Course Management

PRB0051839In some cases, a timeout error might occur when performing searches for course templates in the Manage Courses tool.

Found in Brightspace platform 10.3.0 and 10.6.1.

To reproduce this issue:

1. In D2L Learning Environment, access the Manage Courses tool.

2. Click the Course Template tab.

3. Perform a blank search.

4. Observe the query times out.

PRB0051840In some cases, a timeout error might occur when performing searches in the Manage Courses tool if your organization has many org units.

As a workaround, ensure you include specific terms in your search, avoiding large (blank) searches. Also search for courses using the Search area in the Course List on the minibar, or using the Search area in the My Courses widget on the org homepage.

Found in Brightspace platform 10.3.0

To reproduce this issue:

1. In D2L Learning Environment, access the Manage Courses tool.

2. Click Search without entering any terms in the Search field.

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3. Depending on the number of courses and filters you use in the query, observe that the query times out.

D2L ePortfolio

PRB0051494When a user had over 200 items in their ePortfolio, the ePortfolio app for iOS displayed artifacts and collections inconsistently. Artifacts might have appeared outside of the user's collections or the app might have shown that the artifact was not connected to a collection.

An improvement has been made to the synchronization functionality in the ePortfolio app for iOS and a new version of the app is available in the Apple store.

Found in Brightspace platform 10.5.6

To reproduce this fix:

1. Log in to D2L Learning Environment as a learner and access D2L ePortfolio.

2. Create a new collection.

3. Upload 200 items to the collection.

4. On an iOS device, log in as the learner and access the D2L ePortfolio app.

5. Tap +.

6. Take a screenshot and tap Next.

7. Choose a collection for the screenshot.

8. Tap Post.

9. Return to the main screen. Select Full Sync.

10. Return to My Items. Observe that the artifact is a part of the collection.

11. Return to D2L ePortfolio on a web browser. Observe the screenshot does appear in the collection as intended.

Grades

PRB0051705The date/time that renders in the grade updated notification that appears in the minibar does not render the date/time that reflects the most recent update to a grade item (i.e. when a grade is modified). The date/time displayed remains the date/time of the first update to the grade item (i.e. when the grade item is graded originally).

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.3.0 and 10.5.7.

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To reproduce this issue:

1. Log in to D2L Learning Environment as an instructor and access a test course with learners enrolled and grade items in the grade book.

2. Score the grade item of a learner.

3. Impersonate the learner and observe the alert messaging, paying special attention to the date/time.

4. Stop impersonating the user. Wait 10 minutes.

5. Return to the grade item and modify the score.

6. Impersonate the learner and observe the alert message again. Note the date/time of the new alert has not changed from the original date/time.

PRB0051931When an instructor changes a learner's final grade from released to unreleased, the final grade notification is not hidden.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.6.1.

To reproduce this issue:

1. Create a course.

2. Add a learner to the course.

3. Give the learner a final grade and release it.

4. Observe the time that the learner received a final grade notification.

5. Change the final grade from released to unreleased.

6. Modify the learner's final grade.

7. Observe that the initial notification of the learner's final grade is updated and not hidden from the notification widget.

HTML Editor

PRB0051566Users are unable to copy images from Google™ documents into the HTML Editor. Text-based content remains, but the image content disappears.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.5.6.

To reproduce this issue:

1. In D2L Learning Environment, access a tool with the HTML Editor.

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2. Open a Google document that contains text and an image.

1. Select and copy the content from the document. Paste it into the HTML Editor.

2. Observe that the text copies, but the image does not.

PRB0051608When using the Mozilla Firefox® or Microsoft Internet Explorer® web browsers, the TinyMCE HTML Editor does not display font size, font type, or background color consistent with previous versions of D2L Learning Environment.

As a workaround, D2L recommends using the formatting options in the HTML Editor to achieve the desired styles or attach a Microsoft Word file if you use the Mozilla Firefox® or Microsoft Internet Explorer® browsers.

Found in Brightspace platform 10.5.6.

To reproduce this issue:

1. Create a Microsoft Word document that contains large fonts, different font types, and some background colors.

2. Using the Mozilla Firefox browser or Microsoft Internet Explorer browser, open D2L Learning Environment.

3. In the Announcements tool, create an announcement.

4. Paste the content of the document into TinyMCE.

5. Observe that the content does not display as expected.

PRB0051634Styling changes to row properties made in the HTML Editor appear in the preview screen, but revert back to previous styles, even after saving the changes.

Found in Brightspace platform 10.5.6.

To reproduce this issue:

1. In D2L Learning Environment, create a course and access the Content tool.

2. In a module and topic, select New > Create a file.

3. Create a table with the table button in the HTML Editor menu.

4. Publish the content topic.

5. Click Edit HTML.

6. Click on any row of the table.

7. Select Row Properties from the Table Properties drop-down list.

8. Change the background color.

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9. Click Update.

10. Note the row's background color has changed.

11. Click Update at the footer of the HTML document and note that color change does not appear.

PRB0051640HTML files with math equations inside tabs are not editable.

Found in Brightspace platform 10.5.5.

To reproduce this issue:

1. In D2L Learning Environment, access a course.

2. From Edit Course, select Import/Export/Copy components.

3. Import an HTML file with math equations.

4. Click View Content.

5. Click Edit HTML.

6. Notice only the equations on the first page are editable and the tabs are not accessible.

PRB0051800Typing a LaTeX equation using the Equation Editor causes the text in the gray preview area to flash.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.5.6.

To reproduce this issue:

1. Log in to D2L Learning Environment and access the HTML Editor in a course tool.

2. In the HTML Editor click on the Equation Editor icon and select LATEX from the drop-down list.

3. In the text box type in the LaTeX equation.

4. Notice that as you type, the text flashes continuously in the preview area below the text box the text flashes.

Integrations

PRB0051565An authorization error occurs for users who add Kaltura® videos to a file in the Locker tool.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.3.0 and 10.5.6.

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To reproduce this issue:

1. Log in to D2L Learning Environment and access a course with the Locker tool.

2. Create an HTML file.

3. In HTML Editor, click Insert Stuff and select My Media. Add a Kaltura video.

4. View the file after adding the video. Observe the authorization error.

D2L Learning Repository

PRB0051584Roles that do not have the permission Download Content Topics in the Content tool, but do have the permission View Objects in the LOR in the D2L Learning Repository are still able to download dynamically linked learning objects and documents from D2L Learning Repository within the Content tool Document Viewer.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.3.0 SP26 and 10.5.7.

To reproduce this issue:

1. Log in to D2L Learning Environment as an administrator. Find or create an end user role that has the View Objects in the LOR permission, but not the Download Content Topics permission and no LOR Trust permissions.

2. Access a course with the Content tool and create a topic.

3. Dynamically link a document from D2L Learning Repository.

4. Enroll the end user role in the course, then impersonate the end user.

5. Access the content topic, and observe that the document linked from the D2L Learning Repository can be downloaded from the Document Viewer in Content.

Quizzes

PRB0051439An error can occur when attempting to grade ORD questions with more than one of the same value/order choice and more than one attempt on the same question.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.5.5.

To reproduce this issue:

1. Create a quiz in a course, and set it to Active.

2. Create an ORD question in the quiz.

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3. Set all answer values to the same thing and set the order for all values to 1.

4. Enroll two learners in the course.

5. Impersonate one of the learners and take the quiz.

6. Impersonate the other learner and take the quiz.

7. As an instructor, access the quiz to grade it. Click the Questions tab.

8. Click the question, and note the internal error that appears.

PRB0051621In some cases, exporting quiz results for courses with large enrollments (28,000+) results in one of two SQL errors: a timeout error or a query processing error.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.3.0 and 10.5.0.

To reproduce this issue:

1. Enroll 28,000+ users into a course.

2. Complete a few quiz attempts as some of these users.

3. Navigate to the View Quiz Submissions area.

4. Click Export to CSV File.

5. Note one of the two errors (timeout or the query processor error) occurs.

PRB0051729Learners using the Respondus LockDown Browser® to complete quizzes are able to select the Refresh button at the submission confirmation screen of the quiz. Hitting Refresh at the confirmation screen returns learners to the first question of the quiz, even when the selection Prevent moving backwards through pages option is selected.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.3.0 and 10.6.0.

To reproduce this issue:

1. In D2L Learning Environment, in the Quizzes tool, create a quiz that requires learners to use the Respondus Lockdown Browser. Set one question per page and select the Prevent moving backwards through pages check box.

2. Log in as or impersonate a learner and access the quiz using the Respondus Lockdown browser.

3. Complete the first two questions and verify that you cannot navigate back to the first question.

4. After you answer all quiz questions, click Go to Submit Quiz..

5. On the Quiz Submission Confirmation screen, in the Respondus Lockdown browser screen click Refresh.

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6. Observe that the quiz returns to the first question.

PRB0051778If an instructor selects Allow automatic export to grades, it does not retroactively apply to graded quiz attempts that occurred prior to the instructor creating the grade item. If a user completes an attempt on a quiz prior to the instructor creating a grade association for attempts on the quiz, the graded attempts does not automatically export retroactively and the grade does not appear in the grade book.

As a workaround, add the grade item to the quiz without selecting the Allow automatic export to grades option. Exit, then return to the grade item and select the Allow automatic export to grades option. This allows completed grade attempts to export correctly.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.3.0 and 10.6.0.

To reproduce this issue:

1. In D2L Learning Environment, in the Quizzes tool, create a quiz, and select Allow attempt to be set as graded immediately upon completion.

2. Do not associate a grade item to the quiz.

3. Log in as or impersonate a learner and complete an attempt on the quiz.

4. As an instructor, create a grade item for the quiz.

5. Edit the quiz and select your grade item from the drop-down list. Select Allow automatic export to grades.

6. Log in as or impersonate a different learner and complete an attempt on the quiz.

7. As an instructor, access the Grades tool and observe the second learner's quiz attempt grade appears in the grade book, but the first learner's quiz attempt grade does not appear.

8. Edit the quiz and de-select Allow automatic export to grades. Click Save.

9. Edit the quiz again and select Allow automatic export to grades. Click Save.

10. Access the Grades tool. Observe both graded quiz attempts appear in the grade book.

Rubrics

PRB0051696Rubrics that are associated to a learning objective can't be deleted without removing the associated learning objective from use in tools.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.5.0.

To reproduce this issue:

1. In D2L Learning Environment, in the Rubrics tool, create a rubric and set it to Published.

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2. In the Competencies tool, create a learning objective.

3. Within a course, in the Assignments tool, create a new assignment submissions folder.

4. In the Objectives tab, add the learning objective.

5. Add the rubric as an assessment option to the learning objective. Click Save.

6. Remove the assessment from the learning objective, but do not delete the learning objective from the assignment submissions folder.

7. Access the Rubrics tool and attempt to delete the rubric. Observe that a message displays stating the rubric is still in use.

Surveys

PRB0051698Surveys that contain long answer or short answer type questions and have the setting Allow HTML Editor to be used for responses are not available to participants who are sent a link to the survey. An internal error message appears when users click the link.

As a workaround, remove the setting Allow HTML Editor to be used for responses when creating surveys.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.3.0 and 10.5.7.

To reproduce this issue:

1. In D2L Learning Environment ensure the configuration variable d2l.Tools.Surveys.HasInviteParticipants is enabled at the org or course level.

1. Create and enroll a user with an email address you can access into a course.

2. Access the course and click Edit Course > Survey.

3. Create a new survey with Long Answer or Short Answer type questions, and select Allow HTML Editor to be used for responses.

4. Make the survey active.

5. Invite the user to the survey using the available email address.

6. Check the invitation email at the email address.

7. Open the link. Note the internal error that displays.

User Management

PRB0047024In some cases, searching in the Users tool can cause performance degradation.

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Found in Brightspace platform 10.3.0.

User Progress

PRB0051775The grade items for a course display incorrectly when you view a learner's course progress at the the org-level. Course grades appear as points/percentages, even though the course-level grade scheme is set to display the letter grade of grade items only.

Found in D2L Learning Environment 10.3.0 and 10.5.7.

To reproduce this issue:

1. Create a course in D2L Learning Environment and enroll a learner.

2. In the Grades tool, create a grade scheme that does not use points/percentages to grade.

3. Create a grade item.

4. Give the learner a grade for the item and calculate their final grade.

5. Access the User Progress tool for the course. Verify that you only see the grade symbol, not the points value of the grade item.

6. Access the Users tool and search for the user enrolled in your course.

7. View the user's progress.

8. In the Grades area of User Progress, hover your mouse over the color block for the grade item and notice the points/percentage value displays.

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